All the embellishments of dress were called into requisition to enhance the charms of nature, and to produce the illusion of youth.

She always sought the admiration of strangers, and Mr.St.James was sufficiently distinguished in appearance to render him worthy of her fascinations.

I merely noticed that he had a fine person, a graceful air, and a musical voice; then casting my eyes on the sea-green waters, over which our light barge was bounding, I did not lift them again till we were near the dark gray rocks of the Rip-Raps, and I beheld on the brink of the stone steps we were to ascend, a tall and stately form, whose foam-white locks were rustling in the breeze of ocean.

There he stood, like the statue of liberty, throned on a granite cliff, with waves rolling below and sunbeams resting on his brow.
"As we stepped from the barge and ascended the rugged steps, the chieftain bent his warlike figure and drew us to the platform with all the grace and gallantry of youth.

As I was the youngest of the party, he received me with the most endearing familiarity.